Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201361755 - Employee killed in 17 foot fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201361755 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 04/29/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304313992	04/30/2002	1542	0	Fountain Construction Co. Inc

Abstract: Four employees were working on a roof performing leading edge work. An iron worker and Employee #1, a foreman, were measuring and placing location marks every two feet on the steel beams. The marks identified the location for placement of metal roof decking. Another ironworker was shaking out roof metal sheets for future placement. A fourth employee was welding the roof decking to the steel beams. Employee #1 and the iron worker were marking the steel beams every two feet. The employees were working near the edge. Employee #1 was kneeling down on a loose sheet of decking when he fell 17 feet to a concrete floor and was killed.

Keywords: ROOF, ROOF DECKING, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304313992			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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